Macromedia Freehand

[murbieta]

Hello guys!

Is probably an old issue but, is there a way to add support for Freehand (fh10, fh11) file formats?

Thanks in advance!!

[XnTriq]

Support for Macromedia FreeHand files has indeed been requested before.
As you probably know, image viewers like XnView can only extract the embedded thumbnail of proprietary formats.

• Handling limited Corel format support

This information applies to Macromedia FreeHand versions 9.0 and 10.0. It also applies to FreeHand MX (11.0).
FreeHand embeds a small thumbnail when it saves a file. The thumbnails for saved files are 112x112 pixels, in .pict (a color bitmap) format.
Some FreeHand files might have been saved without a thumbnail or preview. As a result, these files display a generic icon.
However, FreeHand has the option Export Preferences that enables you to make sure a thumbnail is added. You can find this option in FreeHand by clicking Preferences on the Edit menu.

[murbieta]

Does this mean that xnview is able to read FH9-11 files? If so how can I do to force xnview to read them?

[XnTriq]

Does this mean that xnview is able to read FH9-11 files?

At least Freehand isn't mentioned in the list of supported formats.

Do you know where Pierre (the developer of XnView) can download some samples?

• Adobe Forums: Freehand File Format Specifications

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• I'm able to preview logoA.fh11 in XnView v1.98.8
  Make sure that Display all image file types in Tools » Options... » General » Operations is activated.

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[murbieta]

I tested with some FH11 samples and it worked!!

Now I have some more files in previous Freehand file format from FH8 to FH10 that are not displayed with xnview!
You can get them from this link: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1WCyZ ... m84LWM3YlU

Thanks!

[XnTriq]

I tested with some FH11 samples and it worked!!

Now I have some more files in previous Freehand file format from FH8 to FH10 that are not displayed with xnview!
You can get them from this link: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1WCyZ ... m84LWM3YlU

Thanks!

It seems that Macromedia changed the structure of the format starting with Freehand MX.

If you open an FH11 sample in a text or hex editor, you'll find a JFIF string at the beginning of the file, which suggests that the embedded thumbnail is in fact a JPEG.

Previous versions of Freehand obviously placed the embedded thumbnails at the very end of the file, and these preview thumbs appear not to be JPEGs.

We'll have to wait & see what Pierre says.

[xnview]

Please send me some samples?

[XnTriq]

Please send me some samples?

FreeHand_Samples.zip includes FH8/FH9/FH10/FH11 files:

Now I have some more files in previous Freehand file format from FH8 to FH10 that are not displayed with xnview!
You can get them from this link: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1WCyZ ... m84LWM3YlU

[murbieta]

OK. Thanks!!

[murbieta]

Any new on this subject?

Thanks!

[xnview]

Sorry but not yet the time to check your samples